Microsoft Attempts to Woo Students With 'Crowdsourced' Laptops 128
theodp writes "Q. What do Chris Brown and Steve Ballmer have in common? A. They both want you to Beg for It. GeekWire reports that Microsoft is touting its new Chip In program, a crowdfunding platform that allows students to 'beg' for select Windows 8 PCs and tablets that they can't afford on their own. Blair Hanley Frank explains, 'Students go to the Chip In website and choose one of the 20 computers and tablets that have been pre-selected by Microsoft. Microsoft chips in 10% of the price right off the bat, and then students are given a link to a "giving page" to send out to anyone they think might give them money. Once their computer is fully funded, Microsoft ships it to them.' Hey, what could go wrong?"
can we do the opposite though? (Score:5, Funny)
Remove Windows 8 from a laptop we already bought
Make Windows 8 and 8.1 (so basically 8.2) not suck so badly
or just beg for them to stop begging us to beg them for Windows 8 machines.
Windows 8 ? Urrgh (Score:5, Funny)
Who in their right minds wants a Windows 8 laptop ?
I'd rather have a damp pizza.
I'll tell you what could go wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'll tell you what could go wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'll tell you what could go wrong... (Score:2, Funny)
Last place gets Windows 8 RT?
Re:Spam (Score:2, Funny)
The funny thing is, this is for college "kids"... in other words -- grown fucking adults.
Since when is the average college student anything even remotely resembling an adult?